You Make Smile!

Happy Tuesday! It is 30 degree's here today and gorgeous! Due to the snow storm yesterday, the trees are covered and look beautiful. It sure doesn't look like spring. Is is spring where you are?

Today's card is one I did for a mystery image swap for one of my Yahoo groups. As you can probably guess, it is completely not a "me" image, but that is why we call it a challenge. I don't love how it turned out, but I didn't know what else to do with it. I am leaving it as is and it is going postal!

I am off to catch up on school work while my kids are at school. I hope you all are having a TERRIFIC Tuesday.

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #60 & weekend happenings

Happy Monday! Today's card was made for MaryJo's Monday Lunchtime sketch challenge. I have to admit that the sketch was intimidating to look at, but once I started working on my card, it was not bad. Friday my friends Kerry and Pia came over and we did some stamping and talking. More talking than stamping, but I did get a chance to stamp some of Kerry's Magnolia stamps. If you know Kerry, you know she is a HUGE fan of Magnolia's. I on the other hand think they are just okay. I mean, I like the looks of them and I am often in Ahhh at the cards I see people make, but they just aren't "me". So, this challenge is more than one. I personally challenged myself to use the Magnolia stamp that I colored. I think my card came out okay, not great no terrible just OKAY! I did stamp a few, so I may try again. We'll see.....




How are you all making out with the time change? Well, everyone in my house went to bed at their regular time, but not me, I kept looking at the clock thinking it's "really" only 11:00pm, "I still have time". So much for that, I over slept and both kids were late for school. Not only that , but I woke up to MORE snow. This winter has been unbelievable. We have had more snow than you can imagine. It wouldn't seem so bad if yesterday wasn't 60 degrees and everyone was without coats for the first time in months. I am starting to feel like I live in a frozen tundra!


I also wanted to share one more thing with you today. My church has a competition level basketball and cheerleading squad, and this year is my daughter Abbey's first year on the cheering squad. Abbey cheers in the beginners level, which means they don't actually compete, they are just starting out. Well, they got invited to Saturdays Cheerleading competition to do their routine, and OMG were they so cute. The ages range from 5-9 and you can only image how sweet they were. When it was time to announce the teams scores, Abbey's squad got called up and they gave them all medals. Agian, so cute. So, as a proud mom, I had to share some photos.

I hope you all have a Marvelous Monday, and if you get a chance pop over to MJ's blog and play along!

Supplies:Paper Basic grey, Stamps: Magnolia, and sentiment CTMH. Ink: Memento black, and copics. Misc: Marvy punches, and white pen, and Kaiser pearls.

Celebrating 10,000 hits with blog candy!

Happy FRIDAY! Fridays for me usually mean blogger's challenge, but due to midterms and a sick daughter, I didn't have time to play. Maybe tonight.

As you can see, I have hit 10,000 post and if have been a reader of my blog, then you know I love to give away blog candy. As always I have picked a few of my favorite items to give away. I will being doing things a little different than I have done previously. I am giving away three different prizes, so we will have 3 different winners. I will choose the first winner, and they will get to choose which product they like, the second person gets to choose whats left of the 2 products and the third winner gets whatever is left. You really can't go wrong, as I feel like they are all great products.

The products are The newly released enchanted lily set by Pin Cat Studio. 2 new punches by EK Success. These are wonderful punches and do punch better than the Martha Stewart punches.

SO, I would like to say THANK YOU!!!! Thank you for coming to visit my blog and always leaving such wonderful comments. I know how busy life gets, and I feel so fortunate to have such wonderful followers who take time out to leave a quick post. You all inspire me to get more creative. Thank you for helping me make my blog successful! I truly and honestly appreciate every comment you leave. You are the best!

DETAILS

1. Leave me a comment, and tell me what you enjoy most about a blog. Challenges, art, stories, whatever it is that draws you to a blog.

2. Spread the word!

3. I of course would love for you to follow me, but that is not a must.

4. SMILE!!!!! it's friday.

WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY THE 13th!!!!!

3 Clovers Thursday Challenge #3

Here is card I made for Kerry's Thursday challenge. The challenge was to make a card that is mostly green, and it has to have at least 3 different embellishment on your card.

For my card, I used the Blarney Stone set from SU INK, It's such a cute set. If you would like to take in part in Kerry's challenge, go ahead and hope on over to her blog and play along!

I hope you all have a terrific thursday!

SUINKWWC30-Bring on the bling!

Are you having a wonderful Wednesday? Here in New Hampshire it is cold, but the sun is bright and shiney. I am hoping that Mondasy Nor Easter was the last.

Wenesday always mean SUINK challenge, and this weeks challenge was to Bling up your card. I am usually pretty good with the bling, but this week I wanted to use the SU INK's newly released "Some Bunny Loves you",so I couldn't really use bright bling. Instead I used my Kaiser pearls for a more "Typical" easter look.
I think the Pearls count? If you get a chance head over to SU INK's blog and see what the other designers came up with, and come play along!

I also made this card using Jen's Sketch at i{heart} 2stamp. She is giving away some great prizes, and she has a great blog.

I have to keep this short. I have a mini A&P midterm tonight, and a Stats midterm tomorrow, and then I am FREE for 1 week (Spring break). I have big plans for myself. Lots of organizing and getting stuff done.

If you get a chance check back tomorrow to check out Kerry's challenge at Three Clovers Designs is. Have a WONDEFUL Wednesday!

My "clean" happy place, and some new toys.

Here is my "creative space". It is located in my basement. A couple months ago I took some pictures of my disaster space. Same space only a TERRIBLE mess. Anyone who knows me, knows I am a seriously messy crafter. I start off great, but in due time my stuff starts to spread across the room, and then,in my mess, I loss whatever it is I am working on. It's like the black hole.

Well, yesterday I decided I really needed to clean. I was having trouble finding my unmounted stamps and I couldn't find any of the NEW paper I purchased. So, after a hour or two of sorting, labeling, and organizing, I had a clean space. Now, the hard part: keeping it clean!



Now, for MORE "stuff". The other day I was at Michael's and I noticed these new EK SUCCESS edge punches. I bought one and tried it out. I have to say it punches really nice. Yep, you guessed it, I went back again today and bought two more. They have a bunch of different patterns as well as different shaped punches. I told myself I didn't need anything else, but then they went on sale, and I am a sucker for a sale. So, if you're live near a Micheal's, definitely check these out. So far I really like them.

Hope your having a terrific Tuesday, and if you get a chance, check back tomorrow for a SU INK & MORE challenge!

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #59

You know what they say about March, "In like a Lion and out like a Lamb". So far that is proving true. We got a whopping 14 inches of snow today. School got cancelled for both the kids and I (yeah). Although I am happy that to have a School free day, I am truly sick of the snow. We have had SO much snow this year. I am ready to start seeing those tree buds and the grass.

So, what did I do with my day? I cleaned the house and my scrap space (I will share photos tomorrow), played with the kids, and made a card.


My card today was made for Mary Jo's Monday sketch Challenge #59. I had colored this bunny stamp yesterday during the Copic certification class I took with Sally Lynn MacDonald. So yep, I am Certified. Certifiably crazy, I ended up buying more Copics during the class (don't tell my hubby), and now I feel like I NEED the air brush system (approx $300.00). Do any of you have this, any version of it, and if so, do you love it. Would you buy it again? Do I need it? I really, really liked playing with it.


Well, I am off to do some studying. I hope you all had a MAGNIFICENT Monday!

Materials: Stamps-Whipper Snapper bunny, SUINK sentiment. Paper: Making Memories, SU cardstock. Ink: Copics, Memento black. Misc: cuttlebug folders, pop dots, punches, Kaiser pearls.